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    #1

    how rare are these fairings?

    posted my bike in a facebook group for these bikes showing my paint ideas for the bike, had a few comments that said take that sticker of your fairing, i just told them its not one but another guy said that they're super rare to have. after looking on facebook, craigslist, ebay, and google i couldnt find any other bike or a set of fairings that have these, id figure a picture on google of the bike would show me one but to my suprise i couldn't find one.

    knowing there was something like 3500 of these made for the US whether it was just the GL or all 650s im wondering how many out of that were installed with this fairing, or if i can just know why they did it and if it has some meaning. anything there is you know about them let me know!

    by the way its the red suzuki emblem that im talking about


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    Ian

    1982 GS650GLZ
    1982 XS650
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    Ummmmmmmmmmmm..........................WHAT fairing?
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      #3
      By fairing are you mean the chrome airbox trim that has the red 'S' on ?
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        #4
        They are so rare you can't even see them.
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          #5
          It is my understanding that only 37 650 GL's were built with that particular faring, only 17 of them were exported to the United States.
          It represents they were hand and machine assembled in Japan by Japanese technicians using only the finest materials obtainable. You truly have a special piece of Suzuki history.
          Oh, there will be naysayers out there, but that's because they don't no or are jealous of what you have. It's probably best just keeping it between you and I... Congratulations
          Last edited by storm 64; 05-04-2022, 11:48 AM.
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            #6
            Dang it storm, you've always had a habit of being secretive like that. I wish you would share more of your secrets.
            1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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              #7
              A sticker on the airbox cover? Is it identical on both sides? If so, then the P.O. was a well-balanced dork. I doubt that the factory in Japan applied those to any bike they built.

              If you like it, leave it. If you want museum quality stock, start sanding.
              1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

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                #8
                It's not a sticker
                Ian

                1982 GS650GLZ
                1982 XS650

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